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Study 1 used cross-sectional path analysis (N\u00a0=\u00a0329) to test rumination as a mediator between attentional control (focusing\/shifting), positive metacognitive beliefs, and depressive symptoms. Study 2 implemented a 14-day Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA; N\u00a0=\u00a0135, 70 timepoints\/person) analyzed with Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling (DSEM) to examine contemporaneous (\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and lagged (\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -1) effects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cross-sectional results from Study 1 revealed rumination served as a mediator in the relationships between both attentional control (focusing\/shifting) and positive metacognitive beliefs with depressive symptoms. DSEM in Study 2 revealed a temporal cascade: positive metacognitive beliefs and impairments of attentional control (focusing\/shifting) predicted the increase of rumination at same time-point; rumination, in turn, further predicted an increase in negative affect both concurrently and at the subsequent time-point.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that rumination serves as within-person dynamic pathways through which attentional control deficits and positive metacognitive beliefs predict elevated depressed mood. 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